Wow Weez, that is freakin' awesome looking and you are doing an awesome job at that. I think you may be setting a trend here. I am already looking at my hood now.
Lucy - Im home!
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Heh, wont be the first trend I started, lol.
Im seriously thinking about making a NACA duct on the passenger side right above the air filter. Im concerned about how much rain we get here in the Valley though, so Im trying to figure out a way to allow air in, but keep the water from hosing down my air filter. I think it would really make the hood more special, but I want it to be completely functional.
Im seriously thinking about making a NACA duct on the passenger side right above the air filter. Im concerned about how much rain we get here in the Valley though, so Im trying to figure out a way to allow air in, but keep the water from hosing down my air filter. I think it would really make the hood more special, but I want it to be completely functional.
You might want to read this if you are thinking about installing a NACA duct. Its a Miata, so not directly applicable, but some of the concepts could be carried over.
http://www.revlimiter.net/mods/duct_install.html
http://www.revlimiter.net/mods/duct_install.html
theWeezL said:
havent finished reading the thread yet but try changing the temp sensor for the ecu. i had this prob on an n/a. disconected it and the car would start fine. its one of the sensors on the thermo housing, been awhile so ont recall which one it was exactly.
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^^^weez, that could be it, the green coolant temp sensor, I did have one do that on my old 22re pickup. There are checks in the tsrm for ohms per certain temperature.
ya know to be honest its not really that hard, assuming you have the right tools.
Used a cutoff wheel to make the cut, bought some sheet metal, cut little strips to support the sub structure, made cardboard templates of the holes I needed to fill, cut the sheetmetal with a cutoff wheel, tack welded it in place, lay down some mud, sand it, prime it....
I was pretty careful in the planning stage of it, so I knew exactly how I was going to do it. everything after that was cake.
Used a cutoff wheel to make the cut, bought some sheet metal, cut little strips to support the sub structure, made cardboard templates of the holes I needed to fill, cut the sheetmetal with a cutoff wheel, tack welded it in place, lay down some mud, sand it, prime it....
I was pretty careful in the planning stage of it, so I knew exactly how I was going to do it. everything after that was cake.
ValgeKotkas said:Lucy is t3h sex, needing only a lip...
Agreed, lip and lowered. Just havent gotten to that yet. Would have been done a long time ago but I had to spend money and time making her start reliably. Speaking of that, Lucy is once again starting...but Im waiting for the other shoe to drop. She WILL leave me stranded somewhere, its a matter of where and when.
suprasport91 said:
Damn, what would Weezl's car look like if he had your attitude? O.K., so a stock looking supra still looks pretty goo, I'll give you that. I know it's not near as easy as he explained it, but you can't be scared to try. We'd all still be riding horses if it wasn't for inventors and intrigued minds like Wilburs, Orvilles, Benjamins, and Weezl's...................
Glad you got Lucy running again Weezl. She's too pretty to just be looked at............lol
Thanks man, just came back from a hard run up Mary's Peak road. Lucy ran great. My fuel cut problem is gone (AFM screw mod) at 10lbs. She started every time today. this coming week I hope to be buying paint for the hood.
So what was it? Last suggestion was temp sensor but you didn't say whether that was it or not.
Glad it's running well, that has to be a huge relief!
Glad it's running well, that has to be a huge relief!
Well, Im not fully convinced the hot start issue is fixed. The last time I thought I had it licked it popped back up in a week. Hasnt been a week yet since the last time. I actually havent made any changes in that regards. However, I am trying to get ahold of a temp sensor and a solenoid resistor to try in there as well.
BIG thanks to pete, he gave me an extra TPS, which allowed me to finally clear all my engine codes! Thanks bud!
you can do a resistance check on the temp sensor, the manual gives resistance for a particular temperature, that may be easier.
then again it is intermittent so it may have to be acting up, may even start if its bad if you unplug it, but will prob run like shizzle.
tookwik4u89 said:
yeah thats kinda what I was waiting for. I got a can of starting fluid to see if it will fire off that, and I plan to pull the temp plug to see if that makes a difference when and if it acts up again.
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